Songs from the Victorious City

Songs From The Victorious City
Songs From The Victorious City
Studio album by Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman
Released	1990
Genre	Arabic music; World music;
Length	40:15
Label	China Records
Producer	Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman

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Songs from the Victorious City is an album in the world music genre written by Anne Dudley and Jaz Coleman, recorded in 1990 in Cairo and London. It takes its name from Cairo itself, in Arabic القاهرة (pronounced: al-Qahirah), literally "The Triumphant" or "The Victorious".

Track listing[]

All tracks Dudley/Coleman
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Awakening"	4:47
2.	"Endless Festival"	3:59
3.	"Minarets and Memories"	3:25
4.	"Force and Fire"	5:08
5.	"Habebe"	3:47
6.	"Ziggarats of Cinnamon"	3:06
7.	"Hannah"	4:14
8.	"The Conqueror"	3:15
9.	"A Survivor's Tale"	3:50
10.	"In a Timeless Place"	4:49

Personnel[]

Anne Dudley - Keyboards
Jaz Coleman - Violin, Cobra pipe, flute
Rada Bedaire - Nai
Ibrahim Kowala - Kawala
Fouad Rohin - Violin
Amir Abd-el - Kanun
Aboud Abdel Al - Violin
Hossam Ramzy - Percussion
Cheikh Taha - Accordion
Gilbert Biberian - Guitar
- Conductor,

Credits[]

Composed, arranged and produced by Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman
Engineer – Roger Dudley, Sameh Almazny
Mixing – Ted Hayton, Martin Rex (track 7)

Samples[]

"Songs From the Victorious City" was sampled extensively on two songs by Enigma in 1993. Both "The Eyes of Truth" and "Age of Loneliness" contains distinctive Mongolian samples most notably, Alsyn Gazryn Zereglee (Алсын газрын зэрэглээ).

External links[]

Grant, Keith (27 October 1990). "Arabian Nights". Melody Maker. IPC Media.

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Songs From The Victorious City

Studio album by Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman
Released	1990
Genre	Arabic music World music
Length	40:15
Label	China Records
Producer	Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman